(Who acts contrary to the law will be held responsable for all consequences which follow therefrom) in United States

(Who acts contrary to the law will be held responsable for all consequences which follow therefrom), 

The latin maxim which describes the principle of consequential damages: that principle holds that a tort feasor shall be held liable not only for the immediate and obviousl damages resulting from his tortious misconduct but also for all for all consequential damages which follow therefrom. Naturally economic consequential damages are more easily proved in practice than non-economic consequential damages.